The Sun. — London, England, 1810-11-21 00:00:00

,__ edge' ° f h to tb 6 , tg li9 h be $ Orr 1k b el l is' 30 1 C - 15 bi° b of 7eo tre oti that t .I(p ° Y°r : cll THE SUN. QUIS DICIAZ FALSUM AUDSAT ? L 0 N D' 0 N. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1810 CO o ri 05, 0 4 , ie l ll/ 0 6 9 t3° the th e r wer Wfa as equally unvourable for re - formingkn regi ments. w loever knows any thing of war, v0 (4 % that in s u c h an o p era ti on , a nd upon such vi t r , some d er a n g ement o f regu lar Order is ine die- l ie; but th e retreat was ma d e i in a military sal tatr.'lke Manner, a nd w i t h out th e s li g ht e st P rec,Pl- p re ". In th e course o f it th't enemy, when he 52d 8secl ) was attacked in different places by the 43d, , and 95th regiments, and driven before them. Wi t h ,t4respea to the_ enemy's loss, it is of course fl cuit to say what it was, because we know, that th,,7 1111 commencement of the revolutionary war to eo %P r esent day, no French official report has ever contained true account of their loss. Upon this one stop' Marshal MAiSENIA says, " We have taken pi: st and of colours, tour hundred men , and two i : es of cannon ; our loss amounted to nearly three odr ed killed a n d w oun d e d." H e t oo k no co lours;s the ca nnon were two di smounte d guns be g to th e f ortress , w hi c h were l y i ng i n an d I le a ' . the windmill ; and instead of 400 prisoners, to:00k only about 60, supposing every one of those 4 4 °14 we returned as m:ssing to ha ve fallen alive • la the enemy's hands. Now, if in the same pa . ea f i ra Ph in whi c h h e sta t es hi s own l oss at 3 0 0, h e 60 prisoners 400 ; we may fairly inter, that not more accurate in the one than in the other ; of , 11 tis circurn , tance, as well .as the usual practice it service, and,the probability of the thing from i t t lat. we could o b ser v e , f u ll y j ust if y us i n a ssum i ng kii ` t cr have b een f rom 6 to 700 : ours amounte d i n t'd and wounded, and prisoners, to 330. r i s at e true account of this affair, upon which i t t 4 ; u N c la h Marshal rides himself so much, but in which i s certai n t h at t h e a d vantage was on our side. We cou ld not p reten d to prevent t h e i nvestment o f t h e pi but in our retreat we did not lose a gun, a vi ° PnY, or a Single article of field equipment ; and of e i nflided o n th e enem y a lass certainly the double th at which we sustained. th The account. contained in the commencement of 2 e Mat shars dispatch, of what had passed on the ta t p _st of July, is equally contrary to the ,rtith. He th" of havin g f orce d th e passage o f t h e li tt l e r i vu l e t at is between Almeida and Val de la Mula on th e 21 st . whereas our picquets remaineLi there, c' not a sin g l e F renc h man passe d i t unt il th e morn tilbg o f the 24th. H, says, that many of our sitar . .. i s 4) nrets fell into their bands on the 21st; truth t heY did not take a sUrgie man.. The retreat of 4: 14 th dragoons from Val de la Mull was cop, et ed in the m o st slO w an d r eg u l ar man n er ; a nd Ivour intentions with respect, to Fort Conception ere corri ple • ely fulfilled . (Sigz,ed) ROBERT CRAUFURD, istidier.Ceneral. oe T `'`vo EDI I lON of ,TARS. CARTER's and Mlti. 1 .4 1.131/T's LETTERS. Ilan& rus Day was pubi:sned, ' n rnely printed in Four Volumes, price, in boards, ASERIES of LEITERS belween Mrs ELIZA- H k, and .Miss CATHERINE 'ow the Year 174: to X 770, To which are added, t Letters from Mrs. Elizabel.i Carter v , Mrs. Vesey, he- W.c4fn ih 1" e 'oars 1763 and ;7;0; '9lfcli Mrs. Vesey earnest .; FlqUeSted "(,ilid be , Published troin th e ()li.-L-h"4l.l‘hnuscriPts' erl3Y the Rev MONTAGU PENNINGTON, M.A. l tinted for E. C. and I Riyington, No. 6z, St. Paul's ii•i l ur elt-yard i Sold also by I. Hatchard, No. 190, Picca.- 1 Y. B 1 104 • A few Copies rfmain of the 1 . - .2narto Edition, w ov ° ,: r nlY printed with M rs . Carter's Memoirs, on a tine P aP Two large Volumes,Price, in boards,- 3 ) . 3s apex, Of the abovementioned Booksellers may be had, ve il. Mr. Penningtou's Memoirs of the Life of Mrs. Carter. yo, her Poems, &c. The Second Edition, in Two large 'ol.ines, Bvo. price, in boards, IL is. fr :: Mrs. Carter's Translation of the Works of Epictetus, :in the original Greek, a new Edition, in Two Vols. Bvo. rhee in boards. 16s. b o k f e w Copies remain of the Quarto Edition, price, in 4 tds, 11. ris. 6d. _3. The worKs of the late Miss Catherine Talbot, first 144,11 by the late Elizabeth Carter, and now repub _"l, with ' some few additional Papers : togethe . r with u,nees and Illustrations, and some account of her Lite. I . n n large Volume /Ivo - c in boards, 9s. or on fine pier, . . pri e, , price, its. MAILS. Alta rvao—t Malta. Dcia—ii Malta, 3 Waterford. • . PRICF. OF STOCKS so _ THIS DAY AT TWSLVI O'CLOCK. "'I Is - 67j,i Red. Ann. -66 " Windsor Castle, Nov. 20, 1810. Hall-past Eight P.M. " The KING'S fever has not increased in , the tourse of this day—His MAJusTY has had some sleep this evening. " H.R. REYNOLDS. " H. HALFORD. to W. HEBERDEN. " M. BAILLIE. " R. WILLIS." "s Windsor Castle, Nov. 20, at°. His MAJESTY continues much in the same state as he Was yesterday." " H. R. REYNOLDS. " H. HALFoRD. " W. HEBERDEN. " M. BAILLIE. R. WILLIS." A Gazette Extraordinary was published yester (lay afternoon, with the Dispatches from Lord WEL LINCTON and Sir JOHN STUART. The substance of the latter we laid before our Readers on Monday.— The Dispatches from Lord WELLINGTON are of the ttost gratifying nature, and inspire us with the strongest hopes of ultimate success. A Morning pa per, which seems determined never to omit an °Planrtunity of attacking Lord WELLINGTON, has thought proper to sneer at some expressions in these ,ro\ Dispatches, respeaing the distress of the enemy for want of provisions. We are tdld that " all the narratives of C . rnnt UGouNo are trifles, to the gift of starving possessed- by MASSEgA and his fol lowers. He displayed his talent for starving in no common degree at Genoa, but he has fully demon strated his powers of abstinence in Portugal." From the former of these paragraphs, we pre sume we are to understand, that the case of a man shut up in a dungeon, • and aaually starved to death, is a trifle, when put ,in comparison with the situation of those who . are only sa:d to be distressed for provisions. We believe very few people will • assent to that' proposition, and still fewer perhaps will be able to find out how it applies to Lord WELLYNGTON'S dispatches. With respell to AlAssENA's having displayed his talent for starving at Genoa, the simple fad is, that he de fended that place as long as his provisions lasted, and then he gave it up. Lord WELLINGTON has never said that the French had no proviSions, he has said that.the enemy ." experience difficulties in pro curing subsistence," that the prisoners and deserters reported that the enemy " were in distress for want of provisions." In the last dispatch his Lordship says, the deserters report that the enemy con tinues in great distress for want of provisions, and he adds—" It is impossible to form an estimate " of the . quantity of provisions, which they found " in'the villages on the ground which they occupy ; " but it is certain, that they cln draw none from any other part of the country, the whole'being in " the possession of our troops."—Upon these state ments,, the. attacks, or rather the sneers, in the p - pers alluded to, are founded, . with what justice we leave to the public to decide. We have this morning received Letters and Pa pers by the Gibraltar Mail. We are happy to find 'hat up to the period of our last acc(,unts, the yel. low fever had not made appearance in the gar rison, as was reprirted. Some inte&ed vessels had arrived in the Bay from Carthagena about the be ginning of last month; but th'e precautions taken by the Governor were so effectual, that neither the prrison nor the inhabitants had suffered from that dreadful disorder. We are under the necessity of postponing the details brooght by this Mail till to-morrow. OrORTO, OCT. 26.—. We are assured here that the greatest discontent and jealousy subilsts between MASSENA, JUNOT, and NEY, and that the former threatened to send the two latter to France. MAS. SENA is also 'much displeased with the Marquis of LORNA. The French have only 800 men at Al meida, and not above half that number in Zamora ; and 2000 at Salamanca— Villa Franca is nearly destroyed, in consequence of the fire of our gun-boats when the French en tered. Yesterday morning the QUEEN and PRINCESSES came out of Windsor Castle for the second time since the death of the Princess-AmELIA, and took an airing to Froginore. The Prince of WALES arrived at Windsor on Monday.' Government have advertised for a large supply of tonnage to convey cavalry to Portugal. We have received German Papers to the date of the 6th instant, and have extraaled from them the following interesting particulars : VIENNA, OCT. 26.-News from the Russian army has been received to the 10th of this Month.— The fortifications of Rudschuck, Guirgowa, and Ni copoli, are repairing with much dispatch, and al though it only begun on the 30th ult. has already proceeded far. At Nicopoli the whole of the walls have been destroyed, but at Rudschuck they re mained tolerably entire, as the place was taken by surprize. " It is mentioned with much confidence that the GRAND VIZIER, despairing of receiving supplies and reinforcements from Consrtantinople, has sent a flag of truce to the Russian head-quarters, offering to surrender quiet possession of Moldavia anal Walla chia, on condition that the Russian armies should evacuate all other places. It is added, that the messenger was favourably received, and that much discussion took place in the Russian camp. Pre vious to this offer, the Turks had retired a consider able distance south of Schumla. " BERLIN, Nov. 2. c —His Majesty the King pro poses to return to this.capital on the loth inst. when business of more than usual importance will be transaEted. " From Riga we learn, by to-day's post, that the Count VON GOTTORP, GLIST?ArtIS ADOLPH us, has made his escape on board a ship, and has joined the British fleet. This design was carried into execu tion during the night. In the Baltic ports affairs continue with no al teration. Almost all the ships laden with produce have taken their departure on various destinations. The port of . Croostadt will shortly be shut up, in consequence of the coldness of the weather. fIAMBURGLI, Nov. s.—ln consequence of a notice issued by the Senate of this city, advising all the good citizens to submit with due obedience to, and to assist in the execution of the decree against British manufactures, we are happy to find that the best disposition prevails for the support of the sys tem which will be adopted throughout Continental Europe, and which has already been commenced in the towns composing the Hanseatic League." NAVAL NEWS. PLl'mouTti, Nov. t9.—The Agnes that arrived here on Saturday, last front Lisbon, spokj a few days since in the Channel his Majesty's ship Dot terell of 18 guns, Capt. ABDY, which ship sent four French prisoners on board the Agnes,' all of whom are in an unhealthy state. Sailed his Majesty's ship Argo, of 44 guns, Capt. WARREN, for Portsmouth ; and his Majesty's ship Pheasant, of is guns, Capt. PALMER, for Lisbon, with dispatches. The following ships are at this port exclusive of guard-ships, prison-ships, &c. v iz. Valiant, Courageux, Narcissus, Standard, Scylla, Sceptre, Pompee, Goldfinch, Neptune, Cadmus, Abercrombie, Seine Rhin, Morristown, Shannon, Aigle, Medusa, Amelia. Espie: gle, Mutine, Aiphea, Rover, Argo, Curacoa, Dryad, and Harpy, . the Librie Portuguese man of war brig, Weazel schooner, and Gambier cutter. PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 20.—Came in this day his Majesty's ships Rattler and Tweed, the former from a cruize, and the latter from ;he Eastward. Sailed his Majesty's ships Revenge and Donegal, for a cruise of Cherbourgh. Came into harbour this day, his Majesty's ship Mercury and Ant schooner from Spithead, to un dergo repair. • His Majesty's ship Naiad, with the West India 'convoy, it is expect d will sail to-morrow if the wind continues from the Eastward. YARMOUTH, Nov. 20.—Arrived the Starling gun-brig. Sailed his Majesty's ship Leveret. Remain in the Roads the Roebuck, Daphne, Tar tarus, Primrose, Pandora, Vixen, Bruiser, Kite, and Hearty. DEAL, Nov. 20.—Sailed his Majesty's ship Ber wick with a convoy of outward-bound to the West : and the Bermuda sloop of war vvl.ll a convoy for Portsmouth. TORBAY, NOV. 18 —Arrived his Majesty's ship Allicore trout a cruize. The Leander, Captain NIAIR, from London to Honduras, was captured by boarding, by the Spe culator privateer, and it is supposed carried intc Tangiers. Captain MArn, and one seamen, were killed, and G seamen wounded. The Kitty, WILLIAMS; and the William, EvAxs, from Waterford to London ; Industry, GOULDING, from Wexford ; and the Sally, HOUSE, tram Dart mouth to Sunderland, were taken off Dover, and carried into Calais on the Bth inst. by two priva teers. L4ll REPORT. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, Nov. 20. LIVERPOOL H. P. RIOTERS. The several defendants, Abraham Lemon, Tho mas Turner, Barton Wilson, Thomas Robinson Mullineux, Ciiarles Rawlinson, and Matthew Can ter, who had been found guilty of doling at the theatre at Liverpool, were again brought up to hear judgment. John Webster, one of the dc tendants, could not attend, through illness. Several affidavits were read on behalf of the se veral'defendants, in extenuation of judgment, from which it appeared that the defendants were all young men of respectable connections and characters. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL put in two affidavits on the part of the prosecution. He put them in, he said, because the defendants, pat ncularly Lemon, had spoken of their subsequent contrition, to show _what were their sentiments when they were served with the rules to shew cause why a criminal in formation shortie. not be filed against them for a riot and conspiracy. The Attorney (Mr. Statham), deposed, that Mr. Rawlinson said, that the Ma nagers only wished to suppress the public opinion, but in that they would be disappointed ; for he did not believe that the H. 'P.'s would be in want of money to proteet them from the tyrannical proceed ings of the Managers. The other affidavit was re specting Lemon. That Gentleman had printed a long "Address to the Public," defending his cond uc t, and signed with hi s own - name ; copies of which bill, he caused to be distributed about the town and in the theatre after the rule had been served on him. He contended that he would spare neither pains nor expellee tb shew the illegality of the Managers' pro ceedings. A copy of the hand-bill was annexed to the affidavit. Mr. RAINE then addressed the Court. He was Counsel at the trial for all the defendants, ex cept Turner and Webster ; and Mr. Scarlett was Counsel for those two. The disturbance in. • which the defendant had unfortunately been en gaged, was ce r t a i n ly of an illegal nature, and the present prosecution would teach them a good lesson, namely, how dangerous it was to do any act that was connected with tumult. The de fendants, in this case, had offended against the laW unwittingly, and so soon as they discovered the impropriety of what they had done, they evinced real contrition. The rule they had Suffered to go without opposition, and they had offered to let judgment go by default, if the Attorney-General would have consented to withdraw the count for conspiracy ; and the Learned Gentleman thought at subsequent events had shewn that defendants were justified in desiring that count to be with drawn; The Court would observe, too, that all the defendants were young men, and some leni ty would be shea n for tht: actions of yo6th, which preceedud from want of reflection, and 'roar that temerity which is so natural to tl:eir state of life, With respect to various papers and placards that had been, posted aaout the toxn, and distributed in the theatre, not a little evidence had been addiced to strew that tire defendants had Laren the audio's of them ; and from the activity with which the pra ceedings against the defend.' ats iiari been full-, wed up, he doubted no: but that the niantiffs would have brought home to them that fad, had it been .n their power, or had they supposed that tire bi;r.s had been written by the defendants. The delendan , s bad not been engaged in the destruction of a•iy of the de cor -tions, or of any part of the theitre. With eq - aret to the placard, signed Lemon, annexed to one of the affidavits produced by the Attorney Ge neral, he was taken somewhat by surprise, as .he did not expel that it would have been produced.; but the intent of that placard was to refute !he charge of conspiracy. Mr. Lemon, however, whose offence was greater than that of the others, was a young man, and had offered to make any atonement that could be required. Mi. liaWlinaon being a pro`es siona man, it might be said that he ought to reive known better than t o m i x with the riaters, aid thereby induce - olaeis by his example to suppose that they were do;ng rigaa. in imitating him. But he was a young man, and he, time waß not conscious that what he was doing ma;iii aaat strtfaed into a crane. Tae Learned Gentleman was aware that ignorance of, the law would lira screen offenders against it horn the penalties thereof ; bat it would he taken into consideration by the Court. He could not help observing, that he thought " hard measures" had been dealt out to Carter ; though he did not with to say any thing against the verdict. 'He thought that the minds of the Jury might have been somewhat proposseised, after the conviction of the live, and have come to the conclusion that all were guilty that had been accused. He however felt confident; that the Court would not forget to ' exercise mercy in their discharge of jutice. Mr. SCARLETT followed on the same side, and in behalf of Turner and Webster, the conduct of which the defendants had been found guilty was certainly against the law; but they were young, and h been carried away by the influence of the moment. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL, on the part of the prosecution, in reply, observed, that lie was glad to hear it admitted, that such conduel as the defen dants had been guilty of was' illegal ; but it had been wrongly concluded when it was supposed that the fad of conspiracy could not have been brought borne to the defendants, because they had been acquitted of it. It was from motives of humanity solely that the count for the conspiracy lad been dropped. The Judge, at the trial, from the decent appearance of the defendants, and from the respthable characters t hat.. were given them, recommended that so heinena a charge as that of conspiracy, and so distressing in its consequences, if brought home to the accused, should not be pressed ; and from that recommenda tion, from motives of humanity oily, did the prosa cutors consent not to press the charge of conspiracy, The Learned Gentleman then alluded to the va rious cases, and thought they could not expect to escape punishment after having committed such outrages as they had been found guilty of; for if they should, it would be said that there was a law at Westminster Hall for the protection of property, and one at*Liverpool that permitted its destruMion.— Men ought to be made to know, if they did not al-. ready, that property, wherever it might be situated, whether itwas within a theatre or on a barren heath, was protected by the law of England from all out rage; and any one that destroyed or injured the pro perty of another, immediately became ameeable to the law for such offence. The property of rile the atre was the property of private individuals, and, as such, was proteded from public outrage. The offences of the defendants, Lemon in particular, who appeared to be the principal amongst the rioters, and had behaved much worse than all the others, was of a very grave and aggravated nature, and as such would meet with exemplary punishment from the Court. The defendants were then ordered to be remand ed to the Marshalsea, and brought up to hear the judgment of the Court on Monday next. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. CHURCHILL V. BLACKSTONE. In this case case which we formerly recorded, Mr. Serjeant SHEPHERD argued against a rule to chew cause why the verdiet should not be ser aad a non-suit entered. The rule was made absolute. A transport vessel, with part of the French troops taken at Coimbra, is arrived at Spithead. Out of 250 prisoners who were put on board her, 40 died on the passage. Lord MINTO returned to Calcutta about the mid dle of May. The intelligence has been received by the late arrivals from Bombay. We are happy to be enabled to state from the same source, that the British Empire in India is in perfect tranquility. Governor DYNCAN'S exertions in the Presidency of Bombay have happily preserved that settieineut and its dependencies trom the disturbances that have agi tated the neighbouring Government of Madras. Coact-EitITANGIII O Nov. 2E —The Mirket this day has not many arrivals of Wheat COaSiWisc, hitt tolerably remaining supply of foreign, which bt-ink.7, request for Portugal, tends to ,the effect of lastiprices being maintained ; ,Rye rather dearer ; I.3lrl•ty an:: Malt keep their prices; White Peae likewise ; very few Beans of the two kinds, and dearer ; Ole supplies of Oats are but inconsiderable,...a:d this ar tide supports the late &Wane ; price of Vour at our last currency. Wheat . dos a S e s a 95s 'Tick Beans . 46s cis Fine ditto . . 98s II zoas O ats . . 25 , 3 a 0S 3 ;41 Rye (new) - . 38s a 4es Poland ditto - ..os a s Barley - - - 34$ a 47$ Potatoeditto - zi2 a3c 4 Malt . . . 72$ a 78s Rape Seed • - 461 a 511 White Pease -61 s a 65s Fine Flour - b.s a tis Grey ditto - . 4 8 5 a 53s Seconds - . - 75s a B os Beans . • . szs a sSs